ave him my name in San Antonio, he did not put you to death because
he feared that I would seize his English money when I heard of it.

"The younger Urrea has heard something of these debts. He is devoted to
Santa Anna, and he knew that he would have rendered his chief an immense
service if he could have secured his release from them. That was what he
tried to force from me when I was in his hands, but you and your friends
saved me. You little thought, Edward Fulton, that you were then saving
your own life also. Otherwise, Santa Anna would have had you slain
instantly when you were brought before him at San Antonio. Ah, how
thoroughly I know that man! That he can be a terrible and cruel enemy he
has already proved to Texas!"

The others listened with deep interest to every word spoken by Roylston.
When he was through, the Panther rose, stretched his arms, and expanded
his mighty chest. All the natural brown had returned to his cheeks, and
his eyes sparkled with the fire of confidence.

"Mr. Roylston," he said, "the hosts of our foe have come an' they have
devoured our people as the locusts ate up Egypt in the Bible, but I
think our worst days have passed. We'll come back, an' we'll win."

"Yes," said Ned. "I know as truly as if a prophet had told me that we'll
square accounts with Santa Anna."

He spoke with such sudden emphasis that the others were startled. His
face seemed cut in stone. At that moment he saw only the Alamo and
Goliad.

The "Star of the South" sped northward, and Edward Fulton sat long on
her deck, dreaming of the day when the Texans, himself in the first
rank, should come once more face to face with Antonio Lopez de Santa
Anna.

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